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Windswept at San Clemente Pier

Windswept at San Clemente Pier

I thought I would post a quick one tonight of a shot I recently took while exploring a few beach towns just north of Carlsbad, California. I loved the energy at the San Clemente Pier on this particular day, so I tried to capture it. The wind was driving pretty hard and the surf was [...]

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| April 19, 2011 | 6 Comments
From Pier to Infinity – Oceanside, California

From Pier to Infinity – Oceanside, California

Although this is a sunset shot, I started planning it early the same morning. Oceanside was only about 20 minutes north of where I was staying in Carlsbad last week so I got up at 5:00am one morning and ran up to the pier to scope a photographic location. My plan was to return later [...]

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| April 11, 2011 | 9 Comments
HD Video Postcard from Santa Monica Beach

HD Video Postcard from Santa Monica Beach

While I was in Santa Monica last summer, I shot some HD video with my Canon 5D Mark II DSLR. Since I needed an excuse to start learning Adobe After Effects I thought I would create a short video postcard for you featuring some of the footage from my three-hour stint on the beach. The [...]

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| November 1, 2010 | 5 Comments
Carlsbad Lifeguard Stand

Carlsbad Lifeguard Stand

This lifeguard stand is perched on the Pacific Coast Highway on a small cliff just above a beach in Carlsbad, California. I had to stand in the middle of the highway to get the shot. Fortunately for me, there were not many cars out at 6:00am. I stay right across the street from the beach [...]

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| August 19, 2010 | 3 Comments
Travel Photo- Grace Cathedral

Travel Photo- Grace Cathedral

A couple of months ago I was taking long walk around San Francisco with my camera and tripod in hand looking for something to capture. After hiking up a steep hill to the Nob Hill area, I saw a church that looked promising with the classic double towers on either side of the entrance. Kind [...]

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| August 1, 2010 | 2 Comments
Carlsbad Sunrise

Carlsbad Sunrise

Not too much time to write tonight considering that I actually took the above shot at 6:30am this morning in California and landed in Denver at 6:30pm! I took a quick trip out to California this week and hoped to capture something nice before headed back home today. Monday and Tuesday did not work out [...]

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| July 28, 2010 | 4 Comments
Santa Barbara Barn Oil Painting

Santa Barbara Barn Oil Painting

Photography one day and painting the next. All the makings for a perfect weekend! I will admit that today’s painting was inspired by Perry Brown. Perry has painted some great pictures with old barns in them and when I saw this one off of Highway 101 near the Santa Barbara wine country, I thought of [...]

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| July 18, 2010 | 6 Comments
Wanna come play in the back yard?

Wanna come play in the back yard?

While staying in Santa Monica last month, I came across this scene as I walked along the beach. I was intrigued by the rather flamboyant beach houses and how their colors seemed to be inspired by the amusement rides on the Santa Monica Pier. I also thought of how kids asking their friends to come [...]

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| July 11, 2010 | 3 Comments
A Walk through the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

A Walk through the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

For the benefit of those that have never been to the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, I thought I would share a series of photos I took that were among the most impressionable from our visit. After spending some time at the Santa Barbara Mission, we continued up the road a bit to see what the [...]

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| June 19, 2010 | 5 Comments
Weekly Travel Photo – Bubba Gump at Santa Monica Pier

Weekly Travel Photo – Bubba Gump at Santa Monica Pier

Gotta paint today but I wanted to get another shot up from my recent trip to Southern California. At night from my hotel room the famous Santa Monica Pier looks like Pleasure Island. Being the Pinocchio that I am, I decided to wander over with the camera to shoot its temptations. This Bubba Gump store [...]

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| June 12, 2010 | 3 Comments

The ADNW Painting Challenge